A quick update on the monthly meat run and progress made over at the Moss Free Alliance.
Moss Free Alliance - We are a Brave verified publisher so consider supporting us via Brave, an amazing browser. I will also be using the MFA site to sell my work and all of the proceeds from those sales will go into the project once material costs are covered, so please do be watching for that to go live within the next month.
Come see us at LeakCon2019 if you are in the Denver area May 18 and 19!
As some of my followers may know, I have a background in the trades and in art/education. In fact, I am currently working to become a certified teacher in the state of Colorado, while sub contracting in glass to pay the bills in the meantime. The plan is to procure a position in a small mountain town and work on our first major goal; acquiring land for the project. Our goal is to raise $20K as a down payment, and through our own resources we are about 1/3 of the way there. My wife Nora is an accomplished journalist and she has worked for major news outlets and well known publications, such as WestWord. She will be doing a lot of writing going forward.
So, what is the goal of the Moss Free Alliance, MFA for short? We are working to create a #peer2peer network focused on researching and creating solutions. Solutions to what, you ask? Food stability, water resources, affordable self-built housing, cottage industry and the marketing of products, art, community, digital economy..... but a few the things many of us are concerned with.
The general structure will be a co-op on at least 35 acres of land, with earthships and perhaps some tiny houses, cabins or the like. There will be greenhouses, food preservation, foraging, small scale animal husbandry, art production, production of pottery and other crafted items and so on. Ultimately we look to have 4-6 permanent residents, the rest of the living spaces being reserved for "students". We will have multiple courses and workshops teaching residents, local community members and anyone we have space for about these diverse skill-sets. We would like to see our graduates become land owners and create sister communities working towards the same goals: The Moss Free Alliance. We have spent the last several years networking, preparing financial and business strategies and so on. Most of that groundwork is laid, and we are one month away from the official launch of the site, and hence the project.
We have some friends in Nepal whose village is interested in becoming our first international sister community, and they are pretty much already doing, and are masters of, many of the things we wish to learn. More on that later.
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Finally, we will support an artist in residence during the summer moths. Once that is launched and stable we will then do a writer in residence program during the winter. These residency programs will be fully funded, none of this pay us 5,000 and pay your bills for three months while you are away nonsense. Oh no, we want the people who really need the support. The income from the co-op, rent and so on will more than cover this. My wife and I both work of course, and we are putting a lot of our treasure and time into this. Any support we get via donation or the site and so on go straight to the MFA fund. Again, be watching for the launch of the site mid next month!
Much Love
have a great day......and keep Steeming!
